William Dressler (1887-1954) - Find a Grave Memorial

William Dressler Veteran

Birth

30 Dec 1887

Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA

Death

8 Jul 1954 (aged 66)

Nokomis, Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA

Burial

Spring Vale Cemetery

Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map

Plot

sec 26 lot 101 page 215

Memorial ID

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WW I

151st Infantry, 38 Division

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Wednesday for Three Weeks at Lakes. Two Lafayette brothers on a fishing trip at northern lakes were accidentally asphyxiated by fumes from a gas hotplate in a summer resort cottage seven miles north of Tomahawk, Wis., Thursday evening.

Dead are William (Bill)Dressler. 66. who lived on Beck lane, near Shadeland,

and Charles (Yellow) Dressier, 70, of 504 Owen street.

Both once were widely known baseball players. The brothers left here at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday morning in William Dressler's pick-up truck, bound for a three-week fishing trip at the northern lakes.

DISCOVERED BY ATTENDANT

Their bodies were discovered at 9:45 p.m. Thursday by an attendant at the resort, where they had stopped late Thursday afternoon to spend the night.

The body of Charles Dressier was found in bed and that of his brother was seated in a chair. a gas hotplate in the cottage was lighted and the windows were closed. Their deaths were held the result of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Arrangements were made to bring the bodies to Lafayette Friday evening.

BOTH BACHELORS

Both were born in Lafayette and spent their lives in this community. William Dressier formerly operated a grocery store on Warehouse street, retiring from the business a year ago. Charles Dressier was a retired tinner. Neither had ever married. Both brothers played baseball with the Dwinger Bluffers, St. Joseph orphanage team for several years, and William formerly played in the, old Northern Indiana Baseball league.

WORLD WAR I VETERANS

Veterans of World war I. both served overseas, Charles with the Motor Truck Corps, and William in the infantry. They were members of the American Legion.

Surviving are two brothers, Albert and Edward, of Lafayette; and six sisters. Misses Louise, Carrie and Edna Dressier, Mrs. Ida Barnett and Mrs. Minnie Atwell, of Lafayette, and Mrs. Emil Rehwinkel, Burnettsville.

An Associated Press dispatch from Rhinelander, Wis., early Friday afternoon quoted Sheriff Robert F. Gaber of Oneida county as saying that a gas hotplate was burning in the cottage, which was on Lake Nokomis, 17 miles west of Rhinelander. The sheriff said the men apparently had been chilly, lighted the hotplate to warm the building and that it exhausted the oxygen supply.

Journal and Courier

Lafayette, Indiana • Fri, Jul 9, 1954. Page 1